Oral History Interview with Jerome D. Fox, August 21, 2003

• Main Authors: Marcello, Ronald E., Fox, Jerome D.
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: University of North Texas 2003
• Subjects: People - Individuals; oral histories; biographies; interviews; Fox; Jerome D; Pacific Theater; Military and War - Wars - World War II; Military and War - Personnel - Veterans; Military and War - Transportation - Aviation; Cruiser; Detroit; Gunner; Pacific; Alaska; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306734/

Interview with Jerome D. Fox, an OS2U Kingfisher gunner aboard the cruiser USS Detroit in the Pacific Theater during World War II. The interview includes Fox's personal experiences about childhood on a ranch in West Texas, enlisting in the Navy, boot camp at San Diego, California, aerial gunner school at Naval Air Station, Modesto, California, his assignment to the OS2U crew aboard the USS Detroit, patrol duty in the Aleutian Islands, bombardment of the Kurile Islands, South American patrol, his assignment to the Central Pacific Theater as an escort for the Tanker Division in refueling carrier battle groups, kamikaze attacks, operations off Iwo Jima and Okinawa, the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay, and his postwar activities.